Jury Pool Profile

Taylor County, Wisconsin

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 19,972
Median household income: $63,142
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,003 95.1%
Black or African American alone 58 0.3%
Asian alone 49 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 22 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.1%
Some other race alone 121 0.6%
Two or more races 699 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 565 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 4,645 23.3%
18–24 1,355 6.8%
25–44 4,139 20.7%
45–64 5,704 28.6%
65 and over 4,129 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.86 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,788
Establishments: 538

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,600 33.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,427 18.2%
Education & health services 1,226 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 660 8.4%
Professional & business services 492 6.3%
Natural resources & mining 291 3.7%
Financial activities 276 3.5%
Construction 233 3.0%
Other services 113 1.4%
Information 44 0.6%
Public administration 39 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $786
Owner-occupied: 6,288
Renter-occupied: 1,655

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,172 votes cast

Republican 8,209 73.5%
Democratic 2,823 25.3%
Other / third-party 140 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

German 494 2.6%
Spanish 388 2.1%
Tagalog 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,943
Family households: 5,157; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,282
Single-mother households: 301
Veterans: 1,173; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,584 28.0%
Evangelical Protestant 4,137 20.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,815 9.1%
Orthodox 60 0.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Taylor County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)
Judges: 19 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction — city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)
Court seats: Medford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 19.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023